Category: comedy

Griffin Theatre Company and Bell Shakespeare’s latest co-production, The Misanthrope, transposes Molière’s satire of ill-manners, hypocrisy, and prudishness, into contemporary Australian queer culture. It is a fun, funny frolick, in the vain of a mardigras float, and almost as shallow….

The Turk in Italy is not one of Rossini’s best known or best received operas, but this risqué OA production is sure to entertain most. (Just don’t take your kids or your prudish mother-in-law.) Director Simon Philips premiered this playful…

If you like your comedy quick, sharp and sassy then you would be hard pressed to find anything better than Rhys Nicholson’s new show Seminal. Rhys has been gaining popularity on the circuit for a few years now. He stands…

A brand new talented comedian to add to the Sydney Comedy Festival mix? Stop it! Tessa Waters – Volcano is a high energy, feel good comedy show that you really need to see. Oozing in charm and confidence, Tessa takes…

It’s a question we’ve all had to ponder at some stage. Once you’ve spent $50,000 on a master’s degree studying Shakespeare, how do you put that knowledge to good use? For Gillian English, the answer is She Wolf. The…

Matt Okine – The Hat Game at 2018 Sydney Comedy Festival has been hugely anticipated. And how could it not be? The former Triple J presenter’s name is synonymous with entertainment and a great sense of humour. Anything he puts…

It was the catchy and potentially Harry Potter related name of Craig Quartermaine’s show the The Quarterblood Prince which stood out at me at first. Reading up a bit more on the show, I realised that it had nothing to…

Have you met any terrible encounters with celebrities in your life? Craig Low asked the crowd at the door Enmore Theatre before his “Name Dropping With Lowie” comedy show at the 18th Sydney Comedy Festival. Craig, an Aussie boy, lives…

When I heard that Alice Fraser was coming to The Sydney Comedy Festival with her new stand-up comedy Ethos, I was excited. Aside from Fraser’s impressive bio (numerous stand-up shows, podcasts and comedic writings on SBS, as well as fabulous…

Love + Cordial is Marcel Blanch-de Wilt’s show at this year’s Sydney Comedy Festival. Ostensibly about break up and cordial related puns and jingles, the show sounded good. A little research into Marcel’s performance background showed that he had already…